Vincent MorelloE 113th St between 2nd Ave and 1st AveHeart Four · Location 451 · Drawn July 2004Download photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Download photograph 8Download photograph 9Download photograph 10Download photograph 11Download photograph 12Download photograph 13Download photograph 14Download photograph 15Download photograph 16Show all 16 photographsVideo podcast0:00East 113th Street is a short street east of 2nd Avenue.0:05The north side of the street is dominated by Public School 102.0:09This school makes all the efforts it can and does a good job of keeping the side of its building mark-free.0:15Any zone where it could be spray painted has been painted over with fresh paint.0:20And our drawing was done to the left of the main entrance with the three bright red doors0:24and just to the right of the first set of triple windows with ornate curving black bars.0:31As of spring 2006, our drawing is also to the left of a sign that reads,0:37No Idling, Asthma Free School Zone.0:41This is Vincent Morello. He was drawn in July of 2004.0:47His drawing is counting one person.0:50The first question we have to ask is, who is our audience?0:53and the answer is everybody define everybody ages four to five up into your 90s maybe some1:05centurions are doing a good job out there but like okay now the next question is how much computer1:10power do they need to see the site what are we asking from the end user and the answer for us1:15has always been if they can get online then they can see the project internet access basically1:20Internet access with low bandwidth. We have spent a lot of time manipulating and massaging the data so that it flows over a 56K and is a pleasant experience of 28.8.1:36It's beyond that the forms of compression that we use and the coding tricks that we use to make the site as accessible as possible to the widest range of computer users is still relevant in the fact that the website will ultimately be viewable on a mobile phone.1:53In fact it's been redesigned in part for specifically mobile phone browsers.1:59It's like the new version of dumbing it down.2:02It's like going all the way back to 95, 96 when you start dealing with a phone.2:07Vincent Morello spent 12 years as a fire department mechanic, but he wanted more.2:12That's why he became a firefighter with engine 283 in Brownsville and then ladder 35 in Manhattan.2:20He wanted to be a fireman, plain and simple, said his brother Mark Morello,2:24a firefighter with ladder 147 in Brooklyn.2:27He didn't want to spend the rest of the time.← Location 450Heart Four · Location 451Location 452 →
